Dennis McDonald, leader of Montana Democrats, is a trial lawyer and cattleman. He helped to send Democrats to Washington and reasons that Democrats have been the party of the farming world. He contends rural people give a moral directive to the country. Cites the Salazar brothers from Colorado.
McDonald's hero was RFK and he worked in the civil rights movement. His childhood memories are of a failed KS farm. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.